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Title 12. CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES · Chapter 5. WATER RESOURCES · Article 2. CONTROL OF WATER POLLUTION AND SURFACE-WATER USE

12-5-48. Injunctive relief.

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  1. Whenever in the judgment of the division any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or will constitute any violation of this article, the division may make application to the superior court of the county where such person resides, or if nonresident of this state, then to the superior court of the county where such person is engaged in or is about to engage in such act or practice, for an order enjoining and restraining such act or practice. Upon a showing by the division that such person has engaged in or is about to engage in any such act or practice, a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order shall be granted without the necessity of showing a lack of adequate remedy at law.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1964, p. 416, § 21.

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